About Mondie
Mondie Gonzales is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Ohio with 15 years of experience listed here and a long career in community mental health before that. She holds a Master of Social Work and has worked across community settings and independent practice. Mondie emphasizes a collaborative relationship and sees the therapeutic connection as the heart of change.
She prefers straightforward work. Sessions aim to help people name what they want and define what that goal looks like in daily life.
Background and approach
She helps clients build practical life skills, set boundaries, and make choices that move them toward their goals. Mondie draws on a range of approaches, adjusting techniques to fit each person's needs and preferences. She combines conversation, problem-solving, and goal-focused planning when appropriate.
Mindfulness and cognitive strategies are used alongside client-centered listening to support progress. Her practice supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, anger, ADHD, stress and anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and self-esteem or career issues. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, communication problems, domestic violence, and fertility or fatherhood issues.
Mondie aims to help people clarify their priorities and take manageable steps toward them. She frames change as something clients steer, with the therapist helping to implement and practice new skills. Her style is direct, respectful, and focused on usable strategies.
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's priorities so the therapist can support their choices and goals. It helps when someone needs a calm space to sort feelings and decide what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, stress, ADHD-related challenges, and mood concerns.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices that help reduce reactivity and improve focus and emotional regulation. This can pair well with skill-based work for daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods based on needs, goals, and personal preference. Over time techniques can be adjusted so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in during a work break, and text messaging supports ongoing, short-form communication between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule regular work and practice skills from wherever the client is located.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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